A 28-year-old man, Chinonso Ozoemena, was allegedly assaulted and shot in the eye by a supposedly drunk police  officer on August 5, 2013. The police corporal, Mohammed Abubakar, allegedly assaulted and shot Chinonso in an event that subsequently blinded him.

The incident happened when he was approaching his residence at Diamond Estate, FESTAC Town. He saw a crowd trying to disperse an alleged drunken policeman, one Corporal Mohammed Abubakar allegedly attached to Ashaka Security Company Limited (ASCON), Diamond Estate, FESTAC Town, who had engaged a civilian in a brawl.

The police officer engaged in indiscriminate shooting and one of the bullets hit Chinonso’s eyes, while John Bright a barber was hit to death by the bullet.